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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Thank you all so much for another fabulous online year. This whole blogging thing continues to amaze and surprise and delight me. I just love it—and I love how many wonderful people I've 'met' from all over the world. Here's hoping to find even more time to share photos, stories, and recipes from my crazy country life with you next year!

Anything you'd like to see more (or less) of in the coming year? Do speak up! I'm constantly fine tuning what I post according to your feedback and am always open to ideas and suggestions.

19 comments:

Happy New Year to you and the cluckers - still get amused by my little group of hens - cooking some black eyed peas for their treat today - supposed to be good for them. I have been a fan of your blog for a long while - I enjoy the way you surprise us with glimpses of a life few people live nowadays. Do hope you get to move into new house/bakery this year and our sweet Carrie has a healthy lamb this time.

Either you have a heated coop or this photo was taken some time ago. One bummer about winter is how the chicken waterer freezes into a useless chunk of metal when it gets cold, so I have to switch to a black rubber tub that can be thrown on the ground and stomped on to get the solid ice out of it every day and fill it with fresh, unfrozen water.

Although the stomping can be kind of fun sometimes.

Happy new year to you, too. No suggestions from me. I think you're doing a great job.

Happy New Year! I log on to see the animals!! I now feel attached to all of them through your blog! but, my husband now logs on to read your recipes. So, you have something for everyone in this house! :-)

Hi Susan! Happy New Year to you and a million "thank you's" for a wonderful blog. I'm not sure how long I've been reading it, but I love every single posting, photo, all the farm animals (of course now I want and need a donkey and sheep of my own!) cat, dog, and all your wonderful recipes!

Thank you so much for sharing your amazing life with the rest of us and best wishes to all of you for a happy, healthy, peacful 2010!

Happy 2010! I've only recently discovered your blog. I find myself thinking about the wonderful photographs of your animals and your recipes. There is romance and contentment. I live in a small country town with my husband and daughter. Since moving here ten years ago, I've had small personal identity crises and although I adore our property and the small town life in many ways, I tend to get cabin fever and yearn for a shopping mall or city. Well, part of me does and part of me gets how completely inane all of that is. So, what I would like to read about is how you handle the contrast between your farming life and "the outside world" and all it's trappings. Your way of life takes commitment of spirit and discipline, so how do you achieve that for yourself. We have chickens and one bunny, approximately 100 million honey bees, and the desire to have some form of creature for wool in the future, but I need to get the dedicated spirit for it all before all that responsibility.

Happy New Years Susan. I've enjoyed your blog the last year or a bit less. I found you when I googled how to do something kitchen or garden related...can't remember what.

I most enjoy your cooking and gardening posts although I realize those are more time consuming to create. The animal pictures are a great (and easy?) fill-in. They also let us all feel like we know you and your life better.

Hi Susan Happy New Year!!!!Love the blog and check every day to see what´s new and who´s there.Have an indoor cat who thinks he rules the roost. Love your pictures and the stories. Any chance you might finish Windridge Farm series. Know how busy farm work is. Have a fabulous year and keep up the good work!!! Blessings Mary

I second what chook said! More chickens, cats and gardening. Perhaps add a direct link to In My Kitchen Garden from the homepage, or let us know when you have a new post over there? Thank you so much for brightening all of our days with your lovely farm life!

I am about ready to move from my postage stamp in the city to Cabool Mo. I have a mere 37 acres but to me it is a great improvement from city life. We hill be on a hill overlooking the city many miles away. My wife, from California, love your website. One question ... since you live way out in the country how do you get internet?

Our Internet service used to be via dial-up, but thankfully a few years ago we were able to switch to Wild Blue satellite. It's much faster than dial-up, but not anything like DSL or broadband or cable or whatever the high speed connections are called.

Check with your phone company regarding high speed Internet options. I know some rural areas have it available in certain spots (I've seen ads for $14.95 a month, vs. the $50 a month we pay for satellite). A friend of mine is 8 miles from town and has it, though her neighbor across the road can't get it.

January 2013 update: I know word verification is a big pain, but it's the only way I can stop the ridiculous number of anonymous spam comments I get every day. I don't want to require commenters to be registered Blogger or Open ID users because I know many of you aren't. Thanks so much for your understanding!

Hi! Thanks for visiting Farmgirl Fare and taking the time to write. While I'm not always able to reply to every comment, I receive and enjoy reading them all.

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